Stark Introduces a Carbon Tax to Combat Climate Change

1 posted on 04/27/2007 5:02:33 AM PDT by johnny7

Their answer to everything real and unreal. Tax it!

2 posted on 04/27/2007 5:08:03 AM PDT by poobear

I’ve been waiting for it although I thought it would come from the UN and not the US.

3 posted on 04/27/2007 5:08:27 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (Anti Islam and a Global Warming denier - piss on Islam)

Is this guy just plain nuts or does he really want to destroy the economy?I can reduce my carbon foot print by not driving to work anymore,but income tax will be drastically reduced.

4 posted on 04/27/2007 5:08:51 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (Every time a toilet flushes,another liberal gets his brains.)

Does his proposal address what would happen if we can’t make the 80% reduction from 1990 levels because the China levels are so high they impact us? Oh, that’s right, we don’t want to offend China by asking them to do anything to “save the planet”...

5 posted on 04/27/2007 5:11:18 AM PDT by Kay Ludlow (Free market, but cautious about what I support with my dollars)

Elections have consequences...

6 posted on 04/27/2007 5:11:55 AM PDT by johnny7 ("Issue in Doubt." -Col. David Monroe Shoup, USMC 1943)

Is this guy just plain nuts....

yup, he's a moonbat alright

7 posted on 04/27/2007 5:13:49 AM PDT by digger48

To: johnny7; All

Posted on 3/24/07. I knew it was coming, I just named the wrong politician

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1806124/posts

8 posted on 04/27/2007 5:16:46 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese..)

9 posted on 04/27/2007 5:17:42 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese..)

“The question is not if human activity is responsible for global climate change, but how the United States will respond,” said Stark. “Predictable, transparent and universal, a carbon tax is a simple solution to a difficult problem. It would drastically reduce our carbon dioxide emissions by providing an economic disincentive for the use of carbon-based fossil fuels and an incentive for the development and use of cleaner alternative energies. The Save Our Climate Act would establish the United States as a global leader in environmental protection and encourage other nations – most of whom have already acknowledged the climate change threat – to take similar action to reduce emissions. I strongly encourage Congress to pass a carbon tax.”

Is this moron yet another example of having lawyers lead science policy? The Sun is the source of the climate change, and has been for the past 400,000 years. Taking action to reduce global warming is nonsense. Taking action to adapt to inevitable climate change makes sense. Climate change has been going on for millions of years. If Mars and other planets in our solar system are experiencing global warming, so is the Earth. The Earth has experienced and will continue to experience climate change. Of course, in the study of the origins of religion, pagans started with worship of the Sun, the Earth, and other objects. The pagans are back! Of course if you want to believe that global warming on Mars and the Earth is caused by SUVs, be my guest. Consider joining the Democratic Party, ACLU, and other leftist, socialist organizations where mental disorders are the norm.

10 posted on 04/27/2007 5:19:13 AM PDT by olezip

So where does the proceeds from the tax go? The article left that part out....

11 posted on 04/27/2007 5:20:57 AM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)

To: GeorgiaDawg32

I knew it was coming...

Sheeeit... I knew it was coming over a year ago.

12 posted on 04/27/2007 5:21:01 AM PDT by johnny7 ("Issue in Doubt." -Col. David Monroe Shoup, USMC 1943)

Well, this voter didn’t pack up my toys and most certainly didn’t stay home last election. We can’t do this by ourselves unfortunately!

13 posted on 04/27/2007 5:21:49 AM PDT by poobear

“The question is not if human activity is responsible for global climate change..."

"The debate is over." We will here this constantly. The leftists will be very forceful with this statement...the Republicans will not fight it. Welcome to the new series of tax increases.

14 posted on 04/27/2007 5:22:02 AM PDT by gate2wire

Congress should solve their own carbon problem by cessation of all respiratory activity immediately.

15 posted on 04/27/2007 5:22:38 AM PDT by sono (TITUS PVLLO in MMVIII - Paid for by the Aventine Collegium for Pullo)

Is that $10. per year for a household, a vehicle, a person, a business? What?

16 posted on 04/27/2007 5:23:33 AM PDT by Ditter

The tax will increase by $10 each year, freezing when a mandated report by the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Energy determines that carbon dioxide emissions have decreased by 80 percent from 1990 levels.

Can someone explain to me how the IRS determines carbon levels?

17 posted on 04/27/2007 5:24:02 AM PDT by Paisan

My guess—$10 per ton of carbon content upon retrival. The company extracting the product from the ground will pay the tax and pass it on to the consumer.

18 posted on 04/27/2007 5:28:10 AM PDT by gate2wire

The question is not if human activity is responsible for global climate change, but how ~~the United States will respond~~ can we use it as an excuse to increase taxes?

Fixed it.

19 posted on 04/27/2007 5:28:38 AM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))

Enact this carbon tax and watch the 13,000 Dow average plummet.

20 posted on 04/27/2007 5:29:37 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)

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